Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 496
       
       
        
       By Senator Burgess
       
       
       
       
       
       23-00523-23                                            2023496__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to electronic monitoring of persons
    3         charged with or convicted of offenses involving
    4         schools or students; creating s. 903.0472, F.S.;
    5         authorizing electronic monitoring and location
    6         restrictions as conditions of pretrial release of
    7         persons charged with certain offenses against schools
    8         or students; creating s. 948.301, F.S.; authorizing
    9         courts to order electronic monitoring and location
   10         restrictions for offenders who commit certain offenses
   11         against schools or students; providing an effective
   12         date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   15  
   16         Section 1. Section 903.0472, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         903.0472 Additional terms and conditions for certain
   19  offenses involving schools and students.—In addition to the
   20  requirements of s. 903.047, as a condition of pretrial release,
   21  whether such release is by surety bail bond or recognizance bond
   22  or in some other form, a defendant charged with a violation of
   23  s. 790.115, s. 790.161, s. 790.1615, s. 790.162, s. 790.163, s.
   24  790.164, s. 790.165, s. 790.166, s. 810.095, or s. 836.10
   25  committed against a public or private school, as defined in s.
   26  1003.01(2), or a student in such a school, may be required to be
   27  electronically monitored as a condition of pretrial release and
   28  prohibited from being within 1,000 feet of any public or private
   29  school.
   30         Section 2. Section 948.301, Florida Statutes, is created to
   31  read:
   32         948.301 Additional terms and conditions for certain
   33  offenses involving schools and students.—Effective for
   34  probationers or community controllees whose crime was committed
   35  on or after October 1, 2023, and who are placed under
   36  supervision for a violation of s. 790.115, s. 790.161, s.
   37  790.1615, s. 790.162, s. 790.163, s. 790.164, s. 790.165, s.
   38  790.166, s. 810.095, or s. 836.10 committed against a public or
   39  private school, as defined in s. 1003.01(2), or a student in
   40  such a school, the court may, in addition to all other standard
   41  and special conditions imposed, require mandatory electronic
   42  monitoring and prohibit the probationer or controllee from being
   43  within 1,000 feet of any public or private school as a condition
   44  of the probation or community control supervision.
   45         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.